of seamanship and fighting. Known as Sea Elves, these more adventurous individuals are brave warriors and tireless guardians of the sea. Though, because of this, the mainland High Elves look down on them, considering them rough and uncouth. The vast majority of High and Sea Elves live not in the Old World but on the huge island continent of Ulthuan, a large island ring in the centre of the Great Ocean between the Old and New Worlds
Saphery. At the heart of this land stands the White Tower of Hoeth, the shrine to the God of Wisdom built over 20 centuries ago on the orders of the Phoenix King BelKorhadris, the Scholar King. This bone-white structure rises far above the surrounding forests, its heights often obscured in cloud. Within the walls of the Tower of Hoeth is held the entire magical knowledge of the Elven people, collected and compiled through the centuries by the greatest of Asur mages and scholars. The High Elf mages have practiced their magic for untold millennia, long before the coming of man, and the High Elves have developed their sorcery into a form far more refined than the crude fumblings of the lesser races. In times of strife, the Phoenix King will request the aid of Saphery. Those battle mages who accompany Elven armies are masters of their art, wielding awesome powers with which to strike down their enemies. Many a battle has been won by the famed mages of the White Tower of Hoeth. The only High Elf civilizations off the shores of Ulthuan, are two port cities: the Citadel of Dusk and the Fortress of Dawn. The Citadel of Dusk was built for the dual purpose of guarding the seaways off the east coast of Lustria against incursions from the rest of the world, and as a staging post from which the High Elves could watch the movements of the Lizardmen and their Slann masters. The Fortress of Dawn provides Sea and High Elves with a safe haven along the trade routes between Ulthuan and distant Cathay.
Ulthuan is an island nation in the Great Ocean between the Old World and New World continents. The island ring is broken at its southernmost point by the Straits of Lothern, around which is built the city of Lothern, the seat of the monarch and ruler of Ulthuan, the Phoenix King. The Phoenix King rules together with the Everqueen, both occupying separate courts, the Phoenix King in Eataine and the Everqueen in Avelorn. On the eastern shores of the Sea of Dreams lies the magical realm of
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